Ravensdene Court

by J. S. Fletcher

 

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RAVENSDENE
COURT

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BY
J. S. FLETCHER

 

 

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NEW YORK
ALFRED · A · KNOPF
MCMXXII

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COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.

Published July, 1922
Second Printing, November, 1922

 

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

 

THE MYSTERY STORIES OF
J. S. FLETCHER

"MR. FLETCHER is a master of plot, and he never goes beyond the bounds of reason in his procedure and development. He, moreover. can write the English language as a vital means to the end both of narrative and description, and he never fails to show that he is its master. It is therefore a pleasure to read his stories, not merely for their entertaining qualities, but also for the agreeable appeal of their manner and their style."'

—Boston Evening Transcript

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• The Middle Temple Murder [1918]
• The Talleyrand Maxim [1920]
• The Paradise Mystery [I920]
• Dead Men's Money [I920]
• The Orange-yellow Diamond [1921]
• The Chestermarke Instinct [1921]
• The Borough Treasurer [1921]
• The Herapath Property [1921]
• Scarhaven Keep [1922]
• The Rayner—Slade Amalgamation [I922]
• Ravensdene Court [1922]
• The Middle Of Things [1922]

NEW YORK: ALFRED • A • KNOPF

 

 

CONTENTS

1. The Inn on the Cliff, 9
2. Ravensdene Court, 21
3. The Morning Tide, 34
4. The Tobacco Box, 46
5. The News from Devonport, 58
6. Secret Theft, 71
7. Yellowface, 84
8. Was It a Woman?, 96
9. The Enlarged Photograph, 108
10. The Yellow Sea, 120
11. The Five Conclusions, 133
12. Netherfield Baxter, 145
13. The Spoils of Sacrilege, 157
14. Solomon Fish, 169
15. Mr. Jallanby—Ship Broker, 181
16. The Pathless Wood, 193
17. Humfrey de Knaythville, 206
18. The Plum Cake, 218
19. Black Memories, 230
20. The Possible Reason, 242
21. The Chinese Gentleman, 254
22. Red Dawn, 267
23. The Fourth Chinaman, 279
24. The Silk Cap, 291
25. Clear Decks, 304